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Florida Georgia Line’s “Sippin’ on Fire,” Maddie & Tae’s “Fly” Go Top 40 at Country

Florida Georgia Line is synonymous with the bro country sub-genre addressed on Maddie & Tae’s breakthrough single “Girl in a Country Song.”

Florida Georgia Line also falls under the same Big Machine Label Group umbrella as Maddie & Tae.

Either perspective establishes a connection between the duos.

That connection adds color to this week’s edition of the Mediabase country airplay chart, which welcomes songs from both Florida Georgia Line and Maddie & Tae into its top 40.

“Fly” becomes the second country radio Top 40 for Maddie and Tae.

Florida Georgia Line enters with new single “Sippin’ On Fire.” The track, which is the third release from the duo’s “Anything Goes,” flies to #33 (+8) on this week’s points-driven* Mediabase chart. It commanded 1,455 spins and 11.26 million audience impressions during the March 1-7 tracking week.

“Sippin’ on Fire” is the follow-up to #1 country radio hit “Sun Daze,” which itself followed a #1 in “Dirt.”

Maddie & Tae’s top forty position comes courtesy new single “Fly.” Up two places this week, “Fly” grabs the #40 position on Mediabase’s chart.

The song, which is the follow-up to the duo’s chart-topping debut single “Girl in a Country Song,” received 983 weekly spins and 5.16 million audience impressions.

“Fly” appeared on the duo’s self-titled 2014 EP and will also be featured on Maddie & Tae’s forthcoming studio debut “Start Here.”

*Unlike the other charts, which are driven purely by airplay, Mediabase’s country chart relies on a proprietary scoring system that ascribes point totals to spins from each market.

Brian Cantor

Brian Cantor is the editor-in-chief for Headline Planet. He has been a leading reporter in the music, movie, television and sporting spaces since 2002. Brian's reporting has been cited by major websites like BuzzFeed, Billboard, the New Yorker and The Fader -- and shared by celebrities like Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj. Contact Brian at brian.cantor[at]headlineplanet.com.

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